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TIL tears of happiness and tears of sadness look different under the microscope.

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9wKvQ TIL that the Great Wall of China actually extends into the sea.
epk1J TIL that the ferry "MS Herald of Free Enterprise" departed from Zeebrugge, Belgium on 6 March 1987 with the bow doors still open, causing the vehicle deck to flood and the ship to capsize, resulting in 193 deaths among the 459 passengers and 80 crew on board
LQW8v TIL that there was a series of Mickey Mouse-lookalike cartoon called Milton Mouse in 1930. Disney filed lawsuit a year later and they won because an animator changed the look of pre-existing Milton to significantly look more like Mickey in those films.
Mag7 TIL there is a solar power method that doesn’t involve solar panels, but rather a giant curved mirror focusing all of the light that hits it onto a single point of intersection. A water reservoir is placed where the beams of light intersect, and the resulting steam runs a generator.
7yAb TIL that at one time Pillsbury bought Burger King with the intention of fixing everything that was wrong with the then declining franchise. To turn things around they hired a McDonald’s executive and when his changes were implemented BK took off like a rocket.